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.P. THAMERUS. GAME APPARATUS.

No. 514,520. v Patented Feb. 13,1894.

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PAUL TIIAMERUS, OF GABLONZ, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY, ASSIGN OR TO THE FIRM OF.I OS. FEIX, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME APPARATU S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,520, dated February13, 1894.

Application filed April 20, 1893- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL THAMERUS, a sub- Germany, residing atGablonz-on-the-Neisse, in the Province of B0- hemia, in the Empire ofAustria-Hungary, haveinvented certain new andnseful Improvements in GameApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following, to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a game called reform ball-game, and which isplayed on a table, the halls being prevented from falling ofi the latterby means of a sheet-iron band, placed on or around the table, thusforming a flange of the height required for preventing the balls fromjumping over it. The halls are pushed by means of cues toward a goalconsisting of a hollow truncated pyramid, placed in the middle of thetable, and having at its top a cupshaped recess into which the balls areintended to fall. The sides of the pyramid are provided with holes cutinto them, constituting obstacles for the balls running up said faces,since, if a ball is caught in one of these holes, it falls into thehollow inner part of the pyramid, instead of reaching the cup at the topof same.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section ofpart of the table and of the pyramid used as a goal, of which latterFig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 shows a cue. Fig. 4 is a plan of the tableprepared for playing.

As shown, the table a is encompassed all around its periphery by asheet-iron band 1) Serial No. 71,160. (No model.)

closed at 19, forming a flange of sufticient height to prevent the ballsfrom falling 0d the table. .In the center of the table is erected thehollow pyramid a, used as a goal, having a cup 0' formed at its top, andholes a cut into its sides. The balls 6 pushed by means of cues (1toward the goal run up the sides of the pyramid, and either fall throughone of the holes 0 or fall into the cup 0, or pass beyond the wholepyramid, or run back without having reached the top of the pyramid. Eachplayer receives an equal number of balls, of different colorfor eachone; the rules of game are deducted from the value attributed to thevarious results of each stroke: balls within the pyramid, balls in thecup, balls on this or on the farther side of the pyramid.

I claim-- 1. A game,the essential feature of which is a goal formed by ahollow, truncated pyramid (c) placed in the center of the table, andprovided at its top with a cup-shaped hollow (c) to receive the balls,and with holes (0 cut in its lateral faces, through which holes theballs may fall, substantially as described and shown.

2. A game consisting of a table,a pyramid 0 having a cup 0, openings inthe sides of the pyramid, a band encircling the table and projectingabove the surface thereof and balls and cues, said cues finding a reston the band, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL TIIAMERUS.

Witnesses:

J OSEF FEIX, CONRAD HEURICH.

